The Myth of Danaë in El curioso impertinente: Cervantes, Terence and Titian
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https://doi.org/10.3989/anacervantinos.2010.008Keywords:
Curiosity, Danaë, Don Quijote, Ekphrasis, Eunuch, Mariana, Painting, Pineda, Terence, TitianAbstract
One of the classical myths that are present in Cervantes’ interpolated tale of El curioso impertinente, the rape of Danaë, has not receive much critical attention.. The many visual images in the cervantine tale recall the use of ekphrasis to portray the myth in Terence’s Eunuch, where the painting is one of the causes of Pánfila’s rape. The cervantine tale evokes the controversy triggered by the ancient play, starting with Saint Augustine and continuing into the Spanish Golden Age, with writers such as Juan de Mariana and Juan de Pineda. This study of Terence’s comedy along with the painting of Danae, sent by Titian to Philip II, serves to the underline the structural and thematic importance of the myth in Cervantes’ tale. Through the story of Danaë, Cervantes enters into the debate on the impact of the visual arts at the time of the Counterreformation.
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2010-12-30
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de Armas, F. A. (2010). The Myth of Danaë in El curioso impertinente: Cervantes, Terence and Titian. Anales Cervantinos, 42, 147–162. https://doi.org/10.3989/anacervantinos.2010.008
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